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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
dietary approach to stop hypertension
2. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
cream cheese - cream or butter
6 oz. a day
3. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
5. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
cream cheese - cream or butter
review of systems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
cream cheese - cream or butter
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
6 oz. a day
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
7. What is the function of vitamin C?
liver and intestinal synthesis
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
diet recall
8. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
500 cal/day
day week or month
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
300 cal/day increase
9. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
dietary approach to stop hypertension
milk - enriched grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
10. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
hemoglobin
4 calories/gram
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
11. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
12. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
antioxidant - immune function
day week or month
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
13. What are healthy sources of fats?
vitamin K
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
review of systems
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
14. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
fats
rickets - osteomalacia
2 cups
15. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
hemorrhage
one tspn salt or less
review of systems
pregnant women or elderly
16. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
hemoglobin
300 cal/day increase
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vitamin K
17. Name six sources of grains
antioxidant - immune function
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
B and C
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
18. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
one tspn salt or less
one week period
transferrin
diet recall
19. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
pregnant women or elderly
4 calories/gram
20. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
300 cal/day increase
day week or month
review of systems
hemoglobin
21. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
6 oz. a day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
22. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
300 cal/day increase
2 cups
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pregnant women or elderly
23. Where can you get more vitamin D?
milk - enriched grains
B and C
dairy and fortified foods
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
24. When does BMR decrease?
dairy and fortified foods
3 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
25. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
review of systems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
26. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
27. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
hemorrhage
pregnant women or elderly
6 oz. a day
atrophy or wasting of muscle
28. What function is vitamin A?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
29. What is RDA of protein?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
review of systems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2 cups
30. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
protein
protein
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
31. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
cream cheese - cream or butter
pregnant women or elderly
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
32. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vitamin C - citrus fruits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
33. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
protein
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vitamin C - citrus fruits
34. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
apple is higher risk than a pear
hemorrhage
rickets - osteomalacia
35. What is normal BMI?
dark green - orange - drybeans
18-25
B and C
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
36. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
trans fatty acid
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
37. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
can consume more calories without weight gain
decrease in total lymphocyte count
hemorrhage
2 cups
38. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
apple is higher risk than a pear
protein
hemorrhage
low albumin levels < 3.4
39. Fats can lead to some medical problems
review of systems
2 cups
protein
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
40. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
dietary approach to stop hypertension
trans fatty acid
albumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
rickets - osteomalacia
liver and intestinal synthesis
TPN total parenteral nutrition
4 calories/gram
42. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
diet recall
protein and fat
protein
43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
44. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
trans fatty acid
500 cal/day
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
45. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fat soluble vitamins
dark green - orange - drybeans
albumin levels
46. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
atrophy or wasting of muscle
apple is higher risk than a pear
47. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
diet recall
dairy and fortified foods
48. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
rickets - osteomalacia
49. What is normal albumin levels?
albumin levels
4 calories/gram
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
50. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
diet recall